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Conference: Alexander von Humboldt: Circulation of State-Knowledge in Europe and Latin America
Konferenz: Alexander von Humboldt: Circulation of State-Knowledge in Europe and Latin America
Follow the Thread: Entangled Human Tissues and Animal Fiber
Catgut is a natural fiber of great elasticity and tenacity prepared from the intestines of animals, usually cattle, goats, pigs, or sheep. Commonly us
New Max Planck Research Group to Focus on Practices of Validation in the Biomedical Sciences
PRESS RELEASE (PDF)Neue Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppe legt den Fokus auf Praktiken der Validierung in der biomedizinischen Forschung
PRESS RELEASE (PDF)Apex Predators: Encounters with Sharks since 1900
This book project addresses the global environmental, technological, and cultural history of human interactions with sharks. Tentatively titled Apex P
The Cardiovascular Origins of Early Modern Neuroscience
Scientists and physicians are not immune to the excesses of enthusiasm, and in the middle of the seventeenth century no single achievement gained more
The Invention of the Normal Child: The Developmental Norms and the Visual Technologies of Arnold Gesell’s Laboratory (1911-1948)
Developmental norms for assessing whether a child is developing "normally" have been subject to critique since their inception. While for some critics
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger in FAZ on traveler, naturalist, and writer Adelbert von Chamisso
Go to Article (German)Sarah Lowengard
Sarah Lowengard is a New York City-based historian of technology and science whose research inte...
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